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Roger Rambo · 2009-05-09, 06:44

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Originally Posted by besieger

North American Asians on average are taller than the average Asians from Asia. For example, I would be considered average back in HK but not here.

Koreans are also pretty tall...at least is they're south of the 38th parallel.

Binjovi · 2009-05-09, 07:26

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Originally Posted by DJ_RockmanX

Nice stuff as usual. Looks like the first CG will be of Kyon's daily wake up call, followed by the imouto character set.

Well, this given that Ripples in Space is using only backgrounds to go with the narration. We'll see how that goes.

Actually, I'm prepared to make CGs for those parts as well. After all, there's little difference between a BG and a CG. On top of that, most of the images can be easily referenced by (or even copied from) the anime since they're all just flashbacks. The hardest one would probably be Yuki's rooftop. Since there's not really any canon picture displaying that location.

Jintor · 2009-05-09, 08:47

Are we all asian here or what : |

wittyusername · 2009-05-09, 08:47

Yeah, I think so.

WAIT

THEN HOW AM I TALL COMPARED TO YOU ALL

WHAT

Aebliss · 2009-05-09, 09:02

Well, not me. ^^

DannyCat · 2009-05-09, 09:08

Well, I've lived in Asia for five years. Would that count?

Jintor · 2009-05-09, 09:34

DAMN THESE BLANKETS

DannyCat · 2009-05-09, 09:45

They look comfy and easy to wear.

Come to think of it, I haven't slept since yesterday afternoon.

Roger Rambo · 2009-05-09, 09:48

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Originally Posted by Jintor

Are we all asian here or what : |

This is indeed a very interesting question.

Baka Tsuki seems to have an oddly large number of english speaking Asians on it...

wittyusername · 2009-05-09, 09:58

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Originally Posted by DannyCat

They look comfy and easy to wear.

The first thing I thought of when I read that was "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T BUY A WTF BLANKET."

After seeing the horror that is someone wearing one of those in public, the words "wearing" and "blanket" don't match up too well in my brain.

Those blankets do look comfy, though.

dragon4dudes · 2009-05-09, 11:16

I'm 5'11 though that was last summer... I have no idea if I've passed the 6' mark. And I'm Asian.

Cat Megex · 2009-05-09, 11:39

I'm not Asian; I'm a mixture of Eastern European/Polish and Irish. (Or something along those lines.)

dkellis · 2009-05-09, 11:39

187 cm, about 6'1. Very Asian. (Singaporean, like many other Animesuki denizens for some reason, although I'm technically Indonesian Chinese.)

Characters in anime mostly tend to have 175 cm as the "wow you're tall" mark, but then there are the occasional 190+ cm characters who don't look all that tall compared to their peers. Taller, but not towering.

This was one reason why the original idea for Haruki's height was supposed to be about two meters, I think. I think we toned it down after we decided that many anime/manga creators make it up as they go along.

Nanao-kun · 2009-05-09, 11:48

5' 6" and completely Korean.

Roger Rambo · 2009-05-09, 11:57

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Originally Posted by dkellis

Characters in anime mostly tend to have 175 cm as the "wow you're tall" mark, but then there are the occasional 190+ cm characters who don't look all that tall compared to their peers. Taller, but not towering.

That sounds like a matter of the creator putting down 190cm+ without really considering what that should be like next to the other characters.

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Originally Posted by dkellis

This was one reason why the original idea for Haruki's height was supposed to be about two meters, I think. I think we toned it down after we decided that many anime/manga creators make it up as they go along.

who the hell suggested that?

Tyabann · 2009-05-09, 13:50

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Originally Posted by Roger Rambo

who the hell suggested that?

I did, actually. My logic being that if Haruki hadn't been bigger and stronger than everyone else, he would have had the snot beaten out of him every single day in middle school.

Haruki needed something to fuel his male ego. What better than a height difference?

6 feet isn't entirely unheard of in Japan.

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Originally Posted by Binjovi

But the real reason I posted was to ask whether or not we wanted to try using little portraits for the narrator in the corner of the screen. If the narrator is going to be flip-flopping between Kyon and Kyonko, it would probably be a good idea in order to alleviate confusion.

We do have text boxes devoted to names, and the difference in narration should be obvious anyway since everyone is the opposite gender.

Ithekro · 2009-05-09, 13:52

Six feet isn't all that much...it is those extra six inches that two meters gets you over two yards that is too much.

Roger Rambo · 2009-05-09, 15:30

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Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon

I did, actually. My logic being that if Haruki hadn't been bigger and stronger than everyone else, he would have had the snot beaten out of him every single day in middle school.

Haruki needed something to fuel his male ego. What better than a height difference?

Agreed, no problem there.

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Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon

6 feet isn't entirely unheard of in Japan.

6'1 actually. Which still puts him a good half foot taller than most guys he'd meet. With the Suzumiya's unnatural athletic ability, I don't think Haruki would have to worry about people trying to get into fights with him to much...and I certainly can't imagine anyone ever having another go at it.

6'7 is just silly.

Kogetsu Shirogane · 2009-05-09, 15:42

... Again, Chad... Being taller than everyone just makes you a bigger target.

Roger Rambo · 2009-05-09, 16:00

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Originally Posted by Kogetsu Shirogane

... Again, Chad... Being taller than everyone just makes you a bigger target.

That's generally not what people think when they run into someone significantly taller than them. And there are some advantages to being bigger than the other guy in a fight (you've got more mass behind your hits, longer reach).

I'm thinking people are forgetting the principle is "Size won't always win the fight" and not "Size will always keep you from winning the fight".

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dkellis illusion control Author Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 41	187 cm, about 6'1. Very Asian. (Singaporean, like many other Animesuki denizens for some reason, although I'm technically Indonesian Chinese.) Characters in anime mostly tend to have 175 cm as the "wow you're tall" mark, but then there are the occasional 190+ cm characters who don't look all that tall compared to their peers. Taller, but not towering. This was one reason why the original idea for Haruki's height was supposed to be about two meters, I think. I think we toned it down after we decided that many anime/manga creators make it up as they go along.